対面

See also: 對面 and 对面

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 3
めん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 對面 (MC tuʌiH miᴇnH).

Pronunciation

Noun

対面 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 對面, hiragana たいめん, rōmaji taimen)

  1. an interview, meeting
    Synonym: 面会 (menkai)
  2. a confrontation
Derived terms

Verb

対面する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 對面する, hiragana たいめんする, rōmaji taimen suru)

  1. to interview, meet (face-to-face)
    Synonym: 面会する (menkai suru)
  2. to confront, face each other
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 3
めん > め
Grade: 3
Irregular

Variation of taimen above, attested in Utsubo Monogatari (c. late-10th century).

Noun

対面 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 對面, hiragana たいめ, rōmaji taime)

  1. Same as たいめん (taimen) above

Verb

対面する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 對面する, hiragana たいめする, rōmaji taime suru)

  1. Same as たいめん (taimen) above
Conjugation

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
とい
Grade: 3
めん
Grade: 3
Irregular

Likely a borrowing from a dialect of Chinese 對面. Compare Mandarin 對面 (duìmiàn), Cantonese 對面 (deoi3 min6), Min Dong 對面 (dó̤i-méng).

Pronunciation

  • (Irregular reading)

Noun

対面 (katakana トイメン, rōmaji toimen)

  1. (mahjong) the player across
  2. (colloquial) the opposite side, person directly opposite
Coordinate terms
See also
  •  () (かぜ) (jikaze)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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